Vehicle arch system with relocatable separator

Abstract

A vacuum arch system located at a vehicle treatment facility that provides suction to a vacuum hose used by a user at the vehicle treatment facility to clean an inside of a vehicle of the user. The vacuum arch system has a vertical support pole, an arch arm having a front end and a back end attached to the top of the vertical support pole, at least one vacuum hose, a right side rear bracket and a left side rear bracket, and a separator. The separator may be relocated to either the front end of the arch or the back end of the arch. On the front end, it is connected to the arch by a downwardly extending inlet pipe that hangs below the arch. On the back end, it is connected to the arch by an airflow pipe and the vacuum hose connects to the front end.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A vacuum arch system located at an overall vehicle treatment facility for providing suction to a user operated vacuuming line used by a user of the overall vehicle treatment facility to clean an inside of a vehicle of the user, the vacuum arch system comprising:
 a vertical support pole having a top end and a bottom end;   an arch arm attached to the top end portion of, and extending laterally away from, the vertical support pole and having a first end with a downwardly facing inlet pipe, and a second end proximate to the vertical support pole;   a rear facing bracket; and   a vacuum line debris separator that is operably and interchangeably engaged to either of the following without removing the rear facing bracket:
 a) the downwardly facing inlet pipe, and wherein the second end of the arch arm is engaged with a main vacuum line via a tee junction and the vacuum line debris separator is engaged with an at least one user operated vacuuming line, and wherein the rear facing bracket supports and engages the tee junction; or 
 b) the second end of the arch arm, wherein the downwardly facing inlet pipe is engaged with the at least one user operated vacuuming line and the vacuum line debris separator is engaged to the main vacuum line, and wherein the rear facing bracket supports the vacuum line debris separator. 
   
     
     
         2 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 1 , wherein the rear facing bracket comprises:
 a right side rear facing bracket comprising of a right side pole engaging portion and a right side grip bracket and wherein the right side rear facing bracket is engaged to the vertical support pole proximate at a top end portion of the vertical support pole by the right side pole engaging portion;   a left side rear facing bracket comprising of a left side pole engaging portion and a left side grip bracket and wherein the left side rear facing bracket is engaged to the vertical support pole proximate to the top end portion of the vertical support pole by the left side pole engaging portion; and   wherein the left side grip bracket and the right side grip bracket matingly engages the rear facing bracket.   
     
     
         3 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 2 , wherein the right side rear facing bracket comprises a right pole engaging section and a right mounting section, and wherein the right pole engaging section and the right mounting section are set at a 90 degree angle with one another, and wherein the left side rear facing bracket comprises a left pole engaging section and a left mounting section, wherein the left pole engaging section and the left mounting section are set at a 90 degree angle from one another, and wherein the left pole engaging section and the right pole engaging section are both affixed to the vertical support pole at the same height. 
     
     
         4 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 1 , wherein the tee junction comprises an upstream end, a downstream end, and an arch system engaging end, wherein the arch system engaging end is operably engaged to either:
 a) the vacuum line debris separator if the vacuum line debris separator is connected to the second end of the arch arm; or   b) The second end of the arch arm if the vacuum line debris separator is engaged to the downwardly facing inlet pipe.   
     
     
         5 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 2 , wherein the right side rear facing bracket and the left side rear facing bracket are secured to the vertical support pole with tapping screws;
 and wherein when the vacuum line debris separator is operably engaged to the downwardly facing inlet pipe, the vacuum line debris separator has a plurality of air inlets and the at least one user operated vacuuming line is a plurality of user operated vacuuming lines that are engaged with the plurality of air inlets.   
     
     
         6 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 1  further comprising an arch holding bracket connected to a top end of the vertical support pole and set at an acute angle in relation to the ground, and wherein the arch holding bracket comprises a flat base section, and a first grip and a second grip that both engage an underside of the arch arm proximate the second end, and wherein the arch arm is secured to the arch holding bracket. 
     
     
         7 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 6 , wherein the arch holding bracket further comprises a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge on the flat base section, and wherein the first grip upwardly extends from the first edge and the second grip upwardly extends from the second edge, and wherein the arch arm is spaced within the first grip and the second grip. 
     
     
         8 . A vacuum arch system located at an overall vehicle treatment facility for providing suction to a user operated vacuuming line used by a user of the overall vehicle treatment facility to clean an inside of a vehicle of the user, wherein the user operated vacuuming line is engaged to a main vacuum line of the overall vehicle treatment facility, the vacuum arch system comprising:
 a vertical support pole having a top end and a bottom end, wherein the bottom end is secured to the ground;   an arch arm attached to the top end of, and extending from, the vertical support pole and having a first end with a downwardly facing inlet pipe, and an open second end proximate to the vertical support pole;   at least one user operated vacuuming line;   a right side rear facing bracket comprising of a right side pole engaging portion and a right side grip bracket and that is engaged to the vertical support pole proximate to the top end by the right side pole engaging portion;   a left side rear facing bracket comprising of a left side pole engaging portion and a left side grip bracket and that is engaged to the vertical support pole proximate to the top end by the left side pole engaging portion;
 wherein the left side grip bracket and the right side grip bracket matingly engage and the right side rear facing bracket and the left side rear facing bracket form an overall rear side bracket; and 
   a separator that is operably engaged to the downwardly facing inlet pipe, and wherein the open second end of the arch arm is engaged with a main vacuum line via a tee junction and the separator is engaged with the at least one user operated vacuuming line, and wherein the overall rear side bracket supports the tee junction.   
     
     
         9 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 8 , wherein the tee junction comprises an upstream end, a downstream end, and arch connecting end, wherein the arch connecting end is operably engaged with the open second end of the arch arm and the upstream end and the downstream end are engaged with the main vacuum line. 
     
     
         10 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 8 , wherein the right side rear facing bracket and the left side rear facing bracket are secured to the vertical support pole with tapping screws, and wherein the right side rear facing bracket and the left side rear facing bracket both further comprise one or more elongated fastener receiving slots proximate a rear facing side of the right side rear facing bracket and a left side rear facing bracket. 
     
     
         11 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 8 , wherein the separator has a plurality of air inlets and the at least one user operated vacuuming line is a plurality of user operated vacuuming lines that are engaged with the plurality of air inlets. 
     
     
         12 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 11 , wherein the right side rear facing bracket and the left side rear facing bracket are secured to the vertical support pole with tapping screws;
 and wherein either the right side rear facing bracket has a locking slot and the left side rear facing bracket has an extension sized to matingly engage the locking slot of the right side rear facing bracket or the right side rear facing bracket has an extension sized to matingly engage a locking slot of the left side rear facing bracket and the left side rear facing bracket has the locking slot.   
     
     
         13 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 8  further comprising a tee junction support bracket that comprises a bracket connecting base that is engaged to the right side rear facing bracket and the left side rear facing bracket and at least one tee junction connecting arm that is engaged to the tee junction. 
     
     
         14 . A vacuum arch system located at an overall vehicle treatment facility for providing suction to a user operated vacuuming line used by a user of the overall vehicle treatment facility to clean an inside of a vehicle of the user, wherein the user operated vacuuming line is engaged to a main vacuum line of the overall vehicle treatment facility, the vacuum arch system comprising:
 a vertical support pole having a top end and a bottom end, wherein the bottom end is secured to the ground;   an arch arm attached to the top end of, and extending from, the vertical support pole and having a first end with a downwardly facing inlet pipe, and an open second end proximate to the vertical support pole;   at least one user operated vacuuming line;   a right side rear facing bracket comprising of a right side pole engaging portion and a right side grip bracket and that is engaged to the vertical support pole proximate to the top end by the right side pole engaging portion;   a left side rear facing bracket comprising of a left side pole engaging portion and a left side grip bracket and that is engaged to the vertical support pole proximate to the top end by the left side pole engaging portion;
 wherein the left side grip bracket and the right side grip bracket matingly engage and the right side rear facing bracket and the left side rear facing bracket form an overall rear side bracket; and 
   a separator that is operably engaged to the open second end of the arch arm, wherein the downwardly facing inlet pipe is engaged with the at least one user operated vacuuming line and the separator is an engaged to the main vacuum line, and wherein the overall rear side bracket supports the separator.   
     
     
         15 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 14  further comprising a tee junction that comprises an upstream end, a downstream end, and a separator connecting end, wherein the separator connecting end is operably engaged with the separator, and the upstream end and the downstream end are engaged to the main vacuum line. 
     
     
         16 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 15 , wherein the right side rear facing bracket and the left side rear facing bracket are secured to the vertical support pole with tapping screws; and wherein either the right side rear facing bracket has a locking slot and the left side rear facing bracket has an extension sized to matingly engage the locking slot of the right side rear facing bracket or the right side rear facing bracket has an extension sized to matingly engage a locking slot of the left side rear facing bracket and the left side rear facing bracket has the locking slot. 
     
     
         17 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 14  further comprising a separator support bracket that comprises a bracket connecting base that is engaged to the right side rear facing bracket and the left side rear facing bracket and at least one separator connecting arm that is engaged to the separator. 
     
     
         18 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 15  further comprising a separator support bracket that comprises a bracket connecting base that is engaged to the right side rear facing bracket and the left side rear facing bracket and at least one separator connecting arm that is engaged to the separator. 
     
     
         19 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 14 , wherein the right side rear facing bracket and the left side rear facing bracket are secured to the vertical support pole with tapping screws, and wherein the right side rear facing bracket and the left side rear facing bracket both further comprise one or more elongated fastener receiving slots proximate a rear facing side of the right side rear facing bracket and a left side rear facing bracket. 
     
     
         20 . The vacuum arch system of  claim 14  further comprising an arch holding bracket engaged to the top end of the vertical support pole and set at an acute angle in relation to the ground, and wherein the arch holding bracket comprises a flat base section having a first edge, a second edge opposite from the first edge, a first grip engaged to and extending upwards from the first edge, a second grip engaged to an extending upwardly from the second edge, and wherein the arch arm is secured to the vertical support pole by the first grip and the second grip of the arch holding bracket.